Trip to the Scilly Isles

Our children, (Ingrid & Gareth) sprung a great surprise on us by organising a flight out to the Scilly Isles:)


Ingrid's friend James hired a plane from the Bodmin Flying Club and took us out along the North Cornish coast to the Scilly Isles.


At first the weather looked extreamly bad for sightseeing with low rain and heavy cloud.

We past signs of the former Tin mining industry, then we passed over the famous Longships lighthouse.


When we arrived at St Mary's the weather was considerably improved:) So we were treated to a wonderful ariel tour of the Islands.


James then had to wait for traffic to land at the airstrip before it was our turn to land.











Walking arround St Mary's was a terific experience, as well as being hot the town was peppered with colourful exotic plants. Some growing out of gutters!


The sandy beach was lapped by wonderful clear turquoise water with brightly coloured boats bobbing up and down.



Wonderful "stop me and buy one" Icecream bicycle.





The flight back was along the south coast and gave us the unique experience of flying through a rainbow.

Beachy Head

Anne & I were covering an Awards evening in Brighton last Friday evening. Saturday morning saw us drive along the English South Coast towards Beachy Head.

It was a blisteringly hot day with appauling light so we could only grab the "normal" "tourist" shots.

These pictures are looking West from Birling Gap.






We then walked up to the disused lighthouse and a view of Beachy Head and it's well known red and white Light House.


Note the boat sailing through the channel between the Lighthouse and the beach, this is only possible at High Tide.










Finally I was able to capture these wild plants growing on the very cliff edge.

Agnieszka & Luke

Saturday was blissfully hot for Agnieszka & Luke's wedding.

Agnieszka was simply stunning in a beautiful white lace dress with tiara and viel.

Luke and his groomsmen were dressed in traditional black morning jackets with grey trousers.






















The service took place in the quaint St John the Baptist church in Londonthorpe. Londonthorpe is a tiny hamlet just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.
These are just a small selection of the pictures we took of their wedding.





































After the wedding they went to the historic Angel & Royal hotel in Grantham and we took them for a short walk through it's charming Georgian streets.




















And into the grounds of St Wulframs church.













The Kings room in the Angel & Royal was a fantastic setting for their reception.

Lysa & James

It was a great privilege to capture the unique moments of Lysa & James wedding.

Lysa looked absolutely stunning in a fantastic dress with bolero top and carried a bouquet of cream roses.


All the men were dressed in Grey which made a great sight in the groups pictures.































The service was conducted in the local Parish Church in Bingham, Nottinghamshire.



















Here are just a few of the images from their special day.


They had a great day with fantastic weather!

LABC Central Awards

Once again we were delighted to be invited to photography the LABC Building Excellence awards. This time we were in the LABC's Central Region. They held their awards ceremony at the Juries Inn in Milton Keynes.

As before it was really interesting to see the wide range of categories receiving awards. They ranged from small extensions through to multi-million £pound developments.

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Phoebe's first weeks

Phoebe's first pictures.

It was a delight and privilege to be invited to take the first family pictures of Sam and Becca with their new daughter Phoebe.

Although only 3 weeks old it's clear that already Phoebe had grown a lot.

We look forward to following Phoebe's development during her first year through the Cherubs scheme.

We will be taking 3 more pictures of Phoebe as she changes during her first year.

The next session will be in a couple of months when she can lay on her stomach and look up. Even in this short period she will have changed.

Then we'll see her when she can sit unaided, and finally when she can walk, we'll take her to a park for this energetic session.

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It's Bluebell time :)

Hi, Anne & I went out yesterday to our favorive Bluebell woods in the Belvoir Vale and found the expected carpet of blue.

This year it seems that none of the white bluebells have grown.







So it was left to the Crainsbill to provide the odd spot of contrasting colour.
















We also spotted a fresh growth in an Oak tree from a borrowing beetle.